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No. people President of the United States: 13 Vice President: 2 Speaker of the House: 1 President pro tem: 1 Secretary of State: 11 Secretary of the Treasury: 8 Secretary of War: 3 Attorney General: 1 United States Senate: 20 United States House: 17 State Senate: 6 State House: 11 Governor: 15 Delegate, Continental Congress: 7 Signer ...
By law (31 U.S.C. § 5114), "only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency". The Secretary of the Treasury usually determines which people and which of their portraits appear on the nation's currency, however legislation passed by Congress can also determine currency design. [1]
The United States ten-dollar bill (US$10) is a denomination of U.S. currency.The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, two renditions of the torch of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and the words "We the People" from the original engrossed preamble of the United States Constitution.
Although they remain legal tender in the United States, high-denomination bills were last printed on December 27, 1945, and were officially discontinued on July 14, 1969, by the Federal Reserve System [10] because of "lack of use". [11] The lower production $5,000 and $10,000 notes had effectively disappeared well before then. [nb 1]
This is a list of people on the banknotes of different countries. The customary design of banknotes in most countries is a portrait of a notable citizen (living and/or deceased) on the front (or obverse ) or on the back (or reverse ) of the banknotes, unless the subject is featured on both sides.
The $5 bill also has a shorter lifespan than the $1 bill, coming in at 5.5 years, whereas the $20 and $50 bills start to trend upward at 7.9 years and 8.5 years, respectively.
In fact, it’s illegal for a collector to hold a $100,00 bill. $100,000 Bill. The highest denomination bill ever printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the $100,000 bill was a Gold ...
Among valuable bills that are still in circulation, the 1950 $100 bill is the most commonly used today. It features a detailed portrait of Benjamin Franklin. USA 1928 $500 Bill: $1,500